Window-positioning organization



Jam. 20, 1931.

M. YAGGY 1,789,889

WINDOW POS ITIONING ORGANIZATION 2 Sheets-Sheet l Filed March 16, 1927 l l JZ Jl l ZI M. YAGGY I 1,789,889'

wINDow PosIToNING ORGANIZATION Jan. 20, 1931.

Filed March 16, 1927 2 sheets-sheet 2 MEN/vo Ymsy E3 HTTO /e/vEY Patented Jan; 20, 1931 UNITED. STATES massa PATENT OFFICE l MFNNO YAGGY, OFLOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO H. II. AMSTUTZ, OF DENAIR, CALIFORNIA, AND ONE-THIRD TO EIMIL ERHART, LOS

ANGELES, CALIFORNIA Y WINDoW-IosrIIonIN'er ORGANIZATION Application 'inea Maren 16, i927. .serial 175,704.'

As `may be inferred from the abovev title, thisinvention relates to means favorable to the retention of a window sash in a desired relationship to a window trame yand, in pre? ferred embodiments of my invention, I may equip each window'sash, assuming the same to be pivoted upon hinges, with means, preterably independent of said hinges for yieldably holding the same in a predetermined position; and I may use, in conjunction'with the mentioned holding means, retracting means comprising a pull chain, and jamb-attached tightening means,-the latter being especially suitable for use upon long or high windows, in order to complete a tighteningy movement thereof, at will.; and it is an important merit of the organization referred to that, the maj or parts thereof being suitable vvfor independent manufacture, sale and use, they are all cooperative'in effect, and allsuitable for use' on windows which are provided not .only with v outwardly disposed sashes but with inwardly positioned screens.

Other objects of my invention, including a provision of means for varying the position Yto which a sash may be biased by means tending to draw oneinner edge (adjacent to a pivoted edge) toward 'an opposite jamb, and includingr a provision of means orvarying the tension of a spring by which a sash may be drawn or biased and held in a predetermined open position, and including also the provision of means rendering the described jamb-attached tightening `means' applicable either to a sliding sash or to af pivoted sash and adapting the same to use upon either a right-h and amb or a left-hand j amb, and including also a novel end-1estraining member suitable for use upon a retracting' chaii'nas hereinafter described, may behest appreciated from the following descriptionfof anillas trative embodiment of vmy invention, takenV in connection with the appended claims and the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a vertical sectional vie-W ofa window organization embodying Yfeatures of'my invention,-taken substantially as-indicated by the line 1-1 of Fig.- 5, with the parts broken away.

Fig. 2 is a partial horizontal sectional view,

taken substantially as indicated by the line 2`-2of Fig. 1. i

Fig. 8 is a sectional detail view, taken substantially as indicated by the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

F l is a Yperspective view, separately showing a preferred type of slidable hook,-

and'a preferred type of keeper, suitable for coopera-tivense in a manner best indicated in Fig. 2. x

Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional view, taken substantially as indicated bythe line 5-5 of F 1'. Y y

Fig. Gis a horizontal sectional detail view,

taken substantially as indicated by the broken Y line 6-6 ofFig. 1.

Fig. 7 is an elevational detail view, taken substantially, as indicated by the arrow 7 ot Figli.

Figz is a perspective view, separatelyY showing an adjusting device, as viewed from i the general direction indicated by the arrow 8 of Fig. 5. 4

F ig.-9 is a perspective detail view, showing an end restrainingmember, suitable vfor-use upon a retracting chain, this view being taken 'from the' general 4direction implied by the arrows 9 of Figs. Gand 7. i 1

Referring to the details of that specific cinbodiment of my invention, chosen for purposes of illustration, 11 and 11 beine` respectively jamb members of va window Irame, I show a sash V12 comprising stilesl, 13 as pivoted'upona vertical axis by means of ordinary hinges 14. I

rllhe sash 12 being outwardly disposed; I show a window screen l5 as occupying'a lined inner position and, in order to i'irovide tor au automatic opening n'iovenient ot saidl sasb,m for a biasing ot the saine toward a predeu terlnined open position,` at the same time proriding for the retraction of the saine by means such as a chain 16 shown as extending through' a notch 17 in the frame 18 of the mentioned screen) I now prefer to employ separate resilient means such as a tension spring 19,-an outer end thereof being shown as secured to the stile 13 of the sash 12 by means of a bracket 20, and the inner end of said spring being secured, directly or indirectly, to a horizontal element 21 of the an angle of about 900 or more, relatively to aivall in which 'the traine comprising' ambs 11, 11 and horizontal elementszl, 21 is secured,

it may be considered nnnecessarytoso shapeA or a djust th bracket 90 as to extend thesame, as shown at 26. beyond the vertical sui-tace 2T, ot the stile 13; and, accordingly, unnecessary to bore or cut away the iamb 11', .in the manner sue'msted at 28, to permit thesash 12 to close. Theinner end of the spring' 19 being; preferably so bent as to form an eye 29. Y t ad ot inserting a nail or sci-en' directly therethrough into the horizontal .traine element 21, I may, it' desired. employ, at the inner end ot the spring- 19, adjustable means such as a threaded bolt 30. This bolt is shown as provided with an opening* S1, engaged by the mentioned eye in spring' 1f), ei:- tendino through upstandingr ears 32, 32. in a bracket secured by screws k--an adjusting nut 35 being' adapted to engage a threaded ser-tion 36 ot said bolt. i

To provide tor closing, at will, the sash 12, or its equivalent, by means such as the mentioned chain 16, and for lholdingythe same tightly closed, notwithstanding' the opening' tendency of the spring 19, or its equivalent. I may advantageously secure the outer end of said chain to the stile 13, or its equivalent. by means havingthe `reneral character best shown in Fin'. 6. That is to say, disposing a compression spring;- P 4Within a retaining fit member such as a cup 3S. a central Yaperture 39 through the convex Wall l0 of said cup beincr of such Adiameter to permitthe chain 16 freely to move therethrough, I may, utilizing the interior surface of said Wall. as a stop tor said spring, and extending the chain 16 through said spring, provide the, inner end ot the chain with a stop member such as a button ell.

In order to permit il e use ot a comparatively shallow cup 3S (shown as secured by screws f-l-Q) with a fairly longv spring 3T. I ina;Y recess the stile 12V.' as suggested at -l-.f-l: and, in order to hold the chain 1G in a retracted position, after the saine, is drawn inward, with the serine' 3.7 under some compression, I may proyide. on the jamb 11 and inwardly of the trame 1S ot screenl, slotted retaining;` means or" any suitable character.

' For the purpose last referred to, I shoiv a bent and slotted bracket 44, secured by a screiv or screws 45, as provided with a keyhole -slot 46, and as adapted to cover the notch 17, inthe trame 18,-only the larger end of said keyhole slot being of such diameter as to permit movement of the chain 16 therethrough. The inner end of the chain 16 may be secured in any suitable Way; but I prefer to provide thereon an end-restraininglmember in the form ot a plate 48,-sho`wn as provided with an opening 49 for the attachment of said chain and with a diagonallyextending notch 50 upwardly terminating in a horizontal edge 51. This edge, When engagging an enlarged portionjof a link ,of the chaiirlo may supplement or take the place lot' the action .of thekeyhole slot 4.6 in so engaging; a link 4ofthe chain 16 Vas to hold tl-iesash 12 in a closed position. A

Although the organization, as hei-eindescribed, may be regarded as entirely ,complete for use 'upon a Windenv of ordinary size and shape, under usual conditions, in the oase of uncommonly long orhigh YWindows which are required to stand open during ,considerable periods ot such 'Weather as Ymight occasiona Wajpng of sash elements, I consider .it advantageous to use, in conjunctionwith parts of thegeneral character described, one or more jamb attached tifrhtening devices. manipulable from Within the mentioned screen, and comprising slidable bolts outwardly terminatingr in hooked orbent ends, releasably engageable by keepers secured to thestiles or otherelement of a Window sash. For the ypurpose last referred to, I may, for example. provide a s lidable, Q-part or other bolt 5.2, with a knob or handle 5 3, at its inner end, and with a bent or hooked end 511, at its opposite euch-adapted to engage any suitable keeper secured to a sash. l show the Q-pa'rt bolt comprising a tubular section '5G and a rod like section 57, adjustably interfitting therein and integral with the bent end 54, a plate 58 being preferably provided, `on said rod like section for engagement by a set-screw 59: and the Q-partbolt 52, or its equivalent, may be guided` and so secured as to permit both longitudinal and rotational movement, by means such as spaced bearing; brackets, an inner bearing bracket (i0 being' shown as secured lo a stopr element G1 ot the jamb 11 and an outer bearini,r bracket 62, shown as secured to said janib by screws 53, being adaptedto servo also as a stop for compression spring,r 64, confined between and centered by said bracket and the knob or handle 53.

Although I may use, with the bolt or its equivalent, a keeper of any preferred type, I show the keeper as comprising an attachment plate and av cam plate tid-extending at right angle thereto; andan engagement of the hooked or bent end-54 Withiiclined surfaces such as are shown at 67, 67 may be adapted, when the knob or handle 53 is suitably rotated, assuming the sash, to have been nearly closed, to occasion an inward or tiO'htening movement of said sash, and also to place the spring 64;, or its equivalent, under an appreciable compressien,-constantly drawing and resiliently holding the sash against a vertical surface 68v ofthe stop 61. By providing a plurality of symmetrically disposed inclined surfaces 67, 67 upon each `of the keepers 55, I may adapt each keeper to be used either upon a right-hand stile or a left-hand stile; and by inwardly terminating the mentioned cam surfaces in notches 69, 69', I am able to rely upon the action of the spring 64 to retain the hooked or bent end 54 of the bolt 52 in engagement with a keeper, of the general character described, until manual readjustment shall be effected (by means of the knob or handle 54h-as for the purpose of opening the window comprising the sash 12, without disturbing the screen which comprises'frame 18). A c

It will be seen that, depending Yupon the position of attachment of the plate or bracket 20 and the power or adjustment of the spring 19 the sash 12 may be biased, with any desired force, toward a preferred open position; that the interposition of the spring 37 atl the outer end of the chain 16 provides, when the chain is pulled inward and held in thegeneral manner described, for resiliently drawing tok ward a closed position that portion of the sash 12 towhich the cup 37 may be attached; and that any desired plurality of the described j amb-attached tightening devices may be used uponv such sash asV are deemed'to require the same, by reason of length or conditions of use, to assure a perfectly tight or weather-excluding fit, or to obviate or correct warped condition thereof,

The springs 64 being such as incidentally to prevent unintended release from the keep ers 55,bent ends 54 of the described hooked. bolt 52, or its equivalent, may, if desired, be

biased toward an out-of-the-way position, as by suitably winding the spring 64 and inserting its respective ends 70 and 70 in depressions or holes 71, 71', respectively formed in. the knob or handle 53 and the mentioned guide or outer bearing bracket 62; and accordingly the described jamb-attached tightening members and cooperating keepers may, when suitably shaped and positioned be used even upon sliding sash.

My invention permits the use of simple, common, rugged hinges 1li, involving` ne removal or disturbance of hinges upon which my devices are tardily installed; and it is an important merit of the described means for biasing a sash toward an open position that the spring 19, or its equivalent, may occupy a somewhat protected and partially concealed position beneath a stop strip 72, shown as lowing claims,

secured by screws 73,-this stop strip being presumably of exactly the same breadth stop strips 61, on the jambs 11, 11'; and it is also an important merit of the described organization, as the same may be applied to windows not initially equipped therewith, that the cutting away of a horizontal window frame element 21, to provide space for the spring 19 and the bracket 33, or its equivalent, need not be effected with great care, for the reason that the stop strip 72, afterwards secured in the described manner, may serve sufficiently to conceal any splintering of the surface7 4,' or its equivalent.

That part of a sash to which the chain 16 isV directly connected being adequately tightened thereby, it will be understood that the described jamb attached tightening means need be used, if at all, only upon parts remote therefrom; and that my use of the described set-screw between the parts of my hooked bolt'enables me to adapt the same to window organisations in which the screens are disposed 'at different distancesfrom window sash.

Although I have herein described a single y ployed, but also that numerous modifications -of said inventionmio'ht easily be devised by workers in the art to which this case relates, without involving the slightest departure from the spirit and scope of said invention, as the same is setforth above and in the fol- I claim as my invention:

. 1. In a window organization having an outwardly disposed window sash mounted upon a window frame: means for biasing said window sash toward an open position, said means including a springarranged to exert a'pull on the inner lsideof said sash nearthe hinged.l edge thereof.

2. In a kwindow organization having van outwardly disposed window sash hingedly mounted upon a window frame: meansfor biasing said. window sash toward an open position, said means including a. spring arranged to exert a pull on the hinged edge of said sash interiorly of the hinge axis.

j In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Los Angeles California, this 11th day of March, 1927.

MENN() YAGGY.

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